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. 2015 Mar 10;5:59. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2015.00059

Table 2.

Cognitive domains assigned to the neuropsychological measures.

Cognitive domain Neuropsychological measuresa
Attention Arithmetic (WAIS),2,5,17,22,25,27 CNS-vital signs (flexibility, working memory),6 continuous performance test (CPT),1,2 D2 test (GZ-F),11,18,19,23 digit span (forwards and backwards, WAIS and WMS),2,5,6,10,11,14,15,17,18,19, 21,22,23,24,25,26,27 digit symbol (WAIS),1,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,15,18,22,23,25,26 paced auditory serial addition test (PASAT),4,5,6,22 RBANS attention,13 spatial span (WAIS and WMS),5,10, 14,15, 22 test of everyday attention (TEA; auditory elevator9, telephone search24), test battery for attentional performance (TAP; Alertness,19 Go/No-Go19), trail making test A,1,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,15,17,18, 19,20,22,23,25,26,27 visual elevator,24 visual span (WAIS),19 and visual attention test20
Executive function Consonant trigrams,5,22 controlled oral word association,6,17,26 D-KEFS Sorting Task,24 IED Stage 5,17,27 Regensburg word fluency test (RWT),11,19 trail making test B,1,4,5, 6,7,10,11,12,15,17,18,19,20,22,23,25,26,27 stroop color-word,4,7, 8,12,13,14,16,18,20,21,23,24 verbal fluency,1,4,5, 6,7,10,11,12,15,16,18,19,20,22,23,24,25 and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test5,17,22,27
Long-term memory 15-Word learning test (delayed and recognition),16 Benton facial recognition test,17,27 Benton visual retention total errors,17,27 brief visuospatial memory test (BVMT) revised (delayed),6 California verbal learning test (delayed recall and recognition),1,4,5,7,10,15,22 CNS-vital signs (visual and verbal, delayed),6 family pictures (WMS; delayed and recognition),2,5,22 logical memory (WMS; delayed and recognition),1,4,5,11,14,21,22 Hopkins verbal learning test revised (delayed recall),6,12,26 RBANS delayed memory,13 Rey auditory verbal learning test (delayed recall and recognition),3,5,14,17, 18,19,21, 22,23, 24,27 Rey complex figure test (delayed recall and recognition),3,4,12,14,17,19,20,21, 23,27 visual verbal learning test (delayed and total),8 and visual reproduction (WMS; delayed and recognition)1,7,10,15,18, 20,24
Short-term memory 4WSTM,3 15-word learning test (immediate recall),16 auditory consonant trigrams test,6 Benton visual retention test revised,6,17,27 BVMT revised (total),6 California verbal learning test (immediate recall),1,4,5,7,15,22 CNS-vital signs (visual and verbal, immediate),6 Hopkins verbal learning test revised (total),6,26 letter digit coding test,8 letter digit substitution test,16 letter-number sequencing (WAIS),2,5,6,14,17,20,21, 22,27 logical memory (WMS; immediate),1,4,11,14 RBANS immediate memory,8,13 Rey auditory verbal learning test (immediate recall),3,5,14,17,19,20,21,22,23 Rey complex figure test (immediate recall),3,12,14,18, 21 and visual reproduction (WMS; immediate)1,4,7,10, 15,18,20,24
Speed of processing 2 and 7 test,15 Bourdon-Wiersma dot Cancelation test,9 CNS-vital signs (processing speed, reaction time),6 Fepsy (binary choice, visual reaction, and visual searching),18,23 letter cancellation,14,21 letter digit substitution test,16 reaction time,4,20 symbol digit modalities test,24 symbol search (WAIS),5,6,22 and test battery for attentional performance (TAP; simple reaction time)4,19
Language Boston Naming Test1,5,12,17,22,27, RBANS Language8, 13, Reading Subtest (WRAT-R)1,17, Vocabulary (WAIS, WASI)1,2,12,17, Similarities (WAIS-R, WASI)2,17,25
Visuospatial Block design (WAIS, WASI),1,2,4,5,12,17,22,25 design organization test,16 matrix reasoning (WAIS, WASI),2,17,24 novel image/novel location,2 RBANS visual construction,8,13 and Rey complex figure test (copy)4,12, 17,18,23, 27
Motor function California computerized assessment package simple reaction time,4 choice reaction time,4 Fepsy finger tapping test,1,7,10,18,20,23 and Perdue Grooved Peg Board2,5,9,8,13,16,22,24,25

aColumns includes neuropsychological measures and studies that employed the measure where: 1, Ahles et al. (12); 2, Ayala-Feliciano et al. (31); 3, Bender et al. (38); 4, Castellon et al. (32); 5, Collins et al. (33); 6, Collins et al. (34); 7, de Ruiter et al. (20); 8, Debess et al. (37); 9, Deprez et al. (21); 10, Donovan et al. (24); 11, Hermelink et al. (25); 12, Hurria et al. (46); 13, Jansen et al. (35); 14, Jenkins et al. (43); 15, Jim et al. (36); 16, Koppelmans et al. (7); 17, Nguyen et al. (8); 18, Schagen et al. (22); 19, Scherwath et al. (26); 20, Schilder et al. (23); 21, Shilling et al. (19); 22, Stewart et al. (18); 23, van Dam et al. (5); 24, Vearncombe et al. (17); 25, Wefel et al. (27); 26, Wefel et al. (47); 27, Yamada et al. (9).